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WEYDEN, Rogier van der: St Columba Altarpiece (right panel)

🖼 St Columba Altarpiece (right panel), c. 1455
Oil on oak panel
138 × 70 cm
Munich, Germany

Jeweled robes and gilded halos dominate this intricate panel, where saints gather in precise, linear arrangement against a gold ground. Van der Weyden's meticulous Flemish technique established the Northern Renaissance standard for devotional altarpieces, blending spiritual intensity with aristocratic refinement.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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